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Thieves take bank card, cash from man

Four strangers robbed an Athens man in an alley off Clayton Street after befriending him in an unknown bar about 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Athens-Clarke police said.

The victim told police he was with the thieves for about 40 minutes before they asked him how much money he had, to which he replied, "not much."

When he refused to give them the $40 in his pockets, they threatened him with a knife and then made him withdraw an additional $100 from the BB&T ATM, located at the corner of East Broad and North Thomas streets. The victim described three of the men as being in their mid-20s and one in his late teens. The victim also said they took his cash and his bank card and told him they were going to use the money to "get women and strippers and go out to the country," according to police.